The back-to-school cultural scene is rich and varied. In the midst of this flood of new releases, Lana Del Rey has been widely spotted. After the success of Born To Die and the rockier ballads of Ultraviolence, the laconic singer has released a third, jazzier opus, which revives her early successes and explores new colors: a Honeymoon between Deep Blue and Blue Velvet, produced by Mark Ronson.
Romantic, but also violent. Diva or venal, tormented stripper: ever since millions of Internet users pressed “play” on You tube and watched Vidéo Games, the singer has entered our lives like a troubling mystery. The media are asking: marketing, plastic surgery, poor live performance, false shyness? Who is she? That’s it: success has struck, and his name is on everyone’s lips, forever.
Each album was supposed to be the last, but it seems that nothing is ever completely finished. Lana loves to write, is inspired by color, by Nabokov, by the black-and-white dreams of Woodkid (who directed the video clips for Born to Die and Blue Jeans) or David Lynch… The music recalls her. This is the story of the highest moment in a love story, a moment we remember when we look back: the honeymoon.
The name itself is exquisite, sweet and mysterious. The breath taken to pronounce the “H” at the beginning calls for inspiration-a deep breath.
Melancholic pop, Lana raises questions. It’s hard to decipher this creature, somewhere between divas in long evening gowns, pop lolita, madonna in grief, doll for old men, she sings in motel bars, lives at the Château Marmont, and cuts through crowds like a first lady.
Betty Boop, Lisa Marie Presley, Jackie Kennedy, Jessica Rabbit: so many heroines on which Lana’s looks are based. When it comes to fashion, she skilfully combines all these looks with black leathers or racing jackets, flat shoes and big “gangsta” gold earrings. Mulberry dedicated a bag to her, and she posed for H&M campaigns in 2012. Fashion that she embellishes herself, solidifying her myth. Mixing sixties dresses with gansta jewelry: inimitable. A coincidence perhaps: her album comes out on the same day as that of a rock legend, a pirate, a survivor, a Suggar Daddy: Keith Richards, 71. See you in 40 years, Miss Del Rey?
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